Bridle



(No Model.)

L. G. CHASE.

BEIDLE.

Patented June 5', 1888.

INVENTOR- wff fl ATTORNEYS WITNESSES N. PETERS Phnto-Likhngrupher. Washington D. c.

UNITED f STATES ATENT Fries.

Lucius cfcHASn, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BRIDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,889, dated June 5, 1883.

Application filed January 8, 1883.

1'0 all whom ib'mayfcpncern:

Be it known that I-,'.LUCIUS.C. CHASE, of

Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bridles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw ings, which form a part of this specification, and in which a Figure 1 is a perspective view of the head of a horse provided with my improved bridle. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the bridle, and Figs. 3 to 7 are detail views.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. V

My invention has relation to bridles; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of a bridle consisting of two pieces of rope or round cord fastened together in a manner hereinafter more fully shown and described.

111 the accompanying drawings, the letters A and B indicate two lengths of rope or round card of any suitable material, which form all the several parts of the bridle. These cords are fastened together by means of rosettes C C upon the sides, and each of them is provided witha snap-hook, D, at one end. The rosettes C consist of two round slightly-convex plates of metal, the rim of the lower one, E, fitting inside the rim of the upper one, F. The rims of these plates have two pair of notches, G, each, diametrically opposite each other, the notches in the one plate corresponding to those in the other, so that the plates maybe clamped over the two parallel ropes, the ropes fitting into the notches. The lower plate has upon its inner concave side a rib, H, running across itbetween the two pairs of notches, and a raised central portion, 71, having a screw-threaded aperture, I, into which the end of a small tlnnnbscrew, J, fits, which passes through a central hole, K, in the upper plate, F, which is also provided with an eye or ring, L, upon one side of the rim. The snaphooks D and a plain hook, M, which is fastened in the other end of the longest cord A, consist of a hooked part, N, and a shank, O. This shank is manufactured curved, and in fastening it upon the end (No model.)

I of the cord its sides are bent up and hammered tightlyaround the end of the cord, clamping it firmly, whereupon it is fastened furthermore by a pin, P, which is driven through two holes in the sides of the shank and through the rope. In the snap-hooks the shank is somewhat longer than in the plain hooks, and a latch, Q, Slides in its bearing, with its outer end against the end of the hook, and with its inner end against a spiral spring, R, around which and the sliding part of the fastening it to the rope, leaving a slot, '8, for the outer part and the trigger of the latch to slide in. is secured from unraveling by means of a thin sleeve, T, of flexible metal, which is indented at its two ends, forming annular grooves U, which hold it firmly upon the rope. v

XV hen it is desired to fit this bridle to .a horses head the two snap-hooks are fastened to the bit, and the ends of the ropes forming the cheek-straps a. The other end ofthe longer horses head, forming the crown-piece b, and is tastened,together with the other rope, by means of one of the rosettes, whereupon it is carried under the throat of the horse, forming the throat-latch c, and'fastened by means of the plain hook at that end to the eye upon the rosette upon that side which fastensthe end of rope A, which was passed from the other rosette across the horses brow, forming the brow-band d and the cheek-strap of rope B, together.

may be adjusted to form a bridle for any size of horse, from a Shetland ponyto a Normandy horse, and by constructing the bridle out of hemp-rope and making the hooks and rosettes of iron it may be manufactured at averysmall cost, while at the same time, by using fine material artistically braided or twisted, and fine metal, a light and ornamental bridle may be made. It is obvious that the Same construe tion may be used in a martingale.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States length, having hooks at their free ends and latch the sides of the shank are hammered in The loose end of the shorter rope B,

rope A is thereupon brought over the top of the By means of the two rosettes the two ropes 1. A bridle consisting of two pieces of rope or equivalent material, A and B, of different united by adjust-able clamping devices to adapt the length of the several constituent parts of the bridle to be regulated at will, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and set forth.

2. A bridle consisting of a piece of rope or equivalent material, A, having at one end a snap-hook and at the otherend a plain hook, and another shorter piece of similar material, B, having a snap-hook at one end, said parts A and B fastened together by adjustable clamping devices provided with rings or eyes adapted to engage the hook at one end of part A, substantially as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

3. In a bridle, the combination of the two lengths of rope A and B, having snap-hooks D and plain hook M, with the clamping-rosettes C, consisting of the round convex plates E and 1*, having notches G, rings or eyes L,

and fastened together by means of screws J, substantially as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

i. The herein-described bridle, consisting of the rope A, having snap-hook D and hook M, rope B, having snap-hook D, and sleeve T, and clamping-rosettes C, all constructed, conr bined, and arranged as shown and set forth.

Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LUCIUS C. CHASE.

\Vitnesses:

LoUIs BAGGER, J. F. REILY. 

